Legalized Weed and Animal Feed

FACT: Many people are in favor of the legalization of Marijuana.
OPINION: That makes sense.


Recently at President Obama's "public" Town Hall meeting it was touted by the press that the people could ask any questions they wanted and the most popular ones would be addressed by Obama himself. Now let's assume (and I actually don't) that the people who received all of these questions, "the gatekeepers", actually allowed all of the controversial questions through. One of the most supported questions was on whether the Prez is considering legalizing marijuana.

He laughed it off.

Why would Obama shrug off a question that had so much of the populace behind it? I don't think it's too far from the truth to say that half of American citizens would be in favor of, or at least not opposed to, the legalization of weed. It would make sense to build large amounts of revenue through taxes (the reason cigarettes are supported by the gov't). It would stem the flow of crime in Mexico - a problem that is quickly growing and should be the cause of a lot of concern.

Nope, I guess no administration is ever going to get it. But I know there are some downsides as well.